Vocal Visionaries
By Simon Marotte
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ACROSS
1. High points
6. Sting’s instrument
10. Little prankster
13. Furious
14. “What ___ is new?”
15. Reminder of surgery
16. “Feeling Good” singer born in Tryon, North Carolina
18. Low-carb diet
19. Hamilton’s bill
20. Salacious stuff
21. Three sheets to the wind
23. White water
25. Celery unit
26. “Feel Like Makin’ Love” singer born in Black Mountain, North Carolina
30. College dinner staple
33. Cousins of paddles
34. Oolong, e.g.
35. On vacation
36. Handmade weapons?
38. Let off steam
39. ___ de plume
40. Vitriol
41. Have a ball
42. “I Feel a Song (In My Heart)” singer born in Atlanta, Georgia
46. Shower alternatives
47. The Marvelous Mrs. ___
50. Abba’s home country
52. Fireplace fuel
53. Fishing stick
55. Starring role
56. “On & On” singer born in Dallas, Texas
59. WSM radio show
60. Fish in some salads
61. Lessened, as pain
62. Best-selling K-pop group
63. “___ and I Know It” (2012 No. 1 hit by LMFAO)
64. Actress Witherspoon
DOWN
1. “___ Got No / I Got Life” (hit by 16-Across)
2. Colonial newscaster
3. Food from above
4. GPS approximation
5. Time in studio
6. Puzzle
7. Oodles
8. Tax form ID
9. React to a forceful blow
10. Athlete on a rink
11. Aussie’s buddy
12. Urge on
15. Handful for Hamlet in the churchyard
17. Website for cinephiles
22. Buffoons
24. Zebras, to lions
25. “Pronto!”
27. Classical scholar and pianist Charles
28. 50 ___ (“Candy Shop” rapper)
29. Perry with the 2010 hit “Firework”
30. Tolled, as bells
31. Army no-show
32. Fiercely protective types, colloquially
36. Lizzo’s leggings
37. Varieties
38. Large containers
40. Memory unit
41. Online scam artist
43. Father, familiarly
44. “Don’t worry about me”
45. Lady ___ (pop star)
48. Wipe clean, as a blackboard
49. Rich ore deposits
50. Messy person
51. Shed tears
52. Wildcat
54. “My man!”
57. Regret
58. Sweetheart, slangily